"Hector the Scarecrow" - Crafted from a coatrack and gas mask. Hector was dangled from the sprinkler system to appear more lifelike and eventually made a fire inspector very, very angry. Hector appeared in six issues.

"Gia DeCarlo" - An intern who worked at the magazine.

"Limey the Lima Bean" - Says "Screw you" to everyone.

"Quake Guy" - Frequent hero of Ed Lee Comic Strips

"Laura"

"Future Guy" - Future Guy lived one year in the future and knew a year in advance that PCXL was going to get canned.

There was a game reviewed in the magazine that never existed... and was completely fabricated including screenshots, developer interviews, company website and a developer company front.[citation needed]